Jonathan Josué Rubio Toro (born 21 October 1996) is a Honduran professional

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who plays as a winger or an

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for

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club Petro de Luanda and the Honduras national team.

Club career

Born in

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, Toro joined

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's youth setup in 2014, from

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-based Fundación Marcet. On 22 January 2015 he joined

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, being promoted to the first team in June. Toro made his professional debut on 8 August 2015, coming on as a late substitute for Simeon Nwankwo in a 1–1 home draw against C.D. Mafra. On 28 January 2017, after appearing sparingly, he was loaned to

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side Arandina CF until June. Upon returning to Gil Vicente, Toro became a regular starter and scored his first professional goal on 28 October 2017, netting the opener in a 4–0 home routing of Benfica B. He finished the campaign with three goals in 37 appearances, but his side eventually suffered relegation. On 9 July 2018, Toro signed for

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side

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, but was loaned to Varzim on 10 August. The following 30 January he was recalled by his parent club, and moved to Académica de Coimbra the following day, also in a temporary loan deal. On 19 July, he moved to first division side

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on a season long loan. He made his

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debut in the opening fixture on 12 August, a 0–0 draw against Vitória He scored his first goal the following 15 September in a 4–2 win against

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and in August 2020, he was named Tondela's 2019–20 Player of the Season. After terminating his contract with Huesca, Toro signed for

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club

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on 7 October 2020. He made his debut on 1 December in a 2–1 away defeat to

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He scored his first goal the following 6 February, the second in a 3–1 away win against his former club Varzim. On 7 July 2021, Toro joined first division club

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, but was immediately loaned once again to Académica de Coimbra in the second tier. On 6 July 2022, Toro signed with another second division side, this time joining Académico de Viseu. A year later, in July 2023, Toro moved to Angolan

club Petro de Luanda, signing a two-year deal.

International career

Toro was included in the provisional squad for

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in the

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, but was dropped from the final squad.The official list of the 23 selected of Honduras for the 2019 Gold Cup
(in Spanish), ''

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''. Retrieved 9 June 2019 Toro made his international debut on 5 September 2019, in a friendly against

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, scoring a goal and providing two assists in a 4–0 win.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Honduras's goal tally first.''

Honours

Petro de Luanda * Supertaça de Angola: 2023

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Toro, Jonathan 1996 births Living people Footballers from San Pedro Sula Honduran men's footballers Honduras men's international footballers Men's association football forwards FC Sion players Gil Vicente F.C. players Arandina CF players SD Huesca footballers Varzim S.C. players Académica de Coimbra (football) players C.D. Tondela players G.D. Chaves players Académico de Viseu F.C. players Atlético Petróleos de Luanda players Primeira Liga players Segunda División B players Liga Portugal 2 players Honduran expatriate men's footballers Honduran expatriate sportspeople in Spain Honduran expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Angola